# Đều: all / both in Vietnamese (A1)

> Đều means "all" or "both", but it goes before the verb or describing word, not next to the noun: Ba mẹ em đều là giáo viên. My parents are both teachers.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/deu-all/ · Updated 2026-11-09

**all / both**

Pattern: `[plural subject] + đều + [verb or adjective] · [object], [person] + đều + [verb]`

Level: A1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: deu

*Đều* means "all" or "both", but it goes before the verb or describing word, not next to the noun: *Ba mẹ em đều là giáo viên.* My parents are both teachers. *Hai cái áo này đều đẹp.* Both of these shirts are nice. It says that what's true of one is true of each of them.

The group comes first, then *đều*, then what they all do or are. *Đều* often teams up with *tất cả* (all) or *các* in front of the noun: *Tất cả đều đồng ý.* Everyone agreed. For two, the usual partner is *cả hai* (both of them): *Cả hai đều đẹp.* Both are nice. In English "all" can sit by the noun or after "are"; in Vietnamese, *tất cả* goes before the noun and *đều* before the verb, and you can use both.

The things can also come first, with the person after: *Phở với bún, em đều thích.* I like both phở and bún.

With *không*, *đều* comes first: *Tụi nó đều không biết.* None of them know.

Compare *cũng* (also, too), which links to someone or something else: *Em cũng thích.* I like it too. *Đều* is about everyone in the group at once.

## A common mistake

✗ Ba mẹ em là đều giáo viên.

✓ Ba mẹ em đều là giáo viên.

*Đều* goes before the verb, so before *là*. English puts "both" after "are"; Vietnamese doesn't.

## Examples

- Ba mẹ em đều là giáo viên. — My parents are both teachers.
- Hai cái áo này đều đẹp. — These two shirts are both nice.
- Saigon: Tụi em đều thích đi Đà Lạt. | Hà Nội: Bọn em đều thích đi Đà Lạt. — We all love going to Đà Lạt.
- Phở với bún, em đều thích. — Phở and bún, I like them both.

## Words in this pattern

- [đều](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/deu-all/#s_deu_all): all

## Compare

- [All: tất cả (các)](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/tat-ca-all/): all
- [Also, too: cũng before the verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-also/): also

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